How cool is this?I’m going to be on a panel tomorrow night at the start of this year’s Boskone, talking about the Rise of Modern Science (and why it arose in Europe as opposed to anywhere else), along with Guy Consolmagno and Michael Flynn. I enthused about Bro. Guy’s latest book here. Flynn’s latest book,… Continue reading

Hilarious parody of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, featuring the much hassled current Archibishop Rowan himself: 25 Sayeth the pilgryms to Bishop Rowan, 26 “Father, we do not like howe thynges are goin’. 27 You know we are as Lefte as thee, 28 But of layte have beyn chaunced to see 29 From Edinburgh to London-towne 30… Continue reading

John Derbyshire sums up the problem with Ben Stein (and why I have lost all respect for the guy.)

Sobering thoughts from Leon Wieseltier: I cannot escape the foreboding that we are heading into an era of conflict, not an era of conciliation. I do not mean that there will be many wars, though I cannot imagine that the threat to American security from Al Qaeda and its many associates can be met without… Continue reading

Mark Helprin has had a belly full of talk radio.